Researchers measuring the salinity of the Southern Ocean did find unexpected results, but some online reports got the details ...

A report from a European news wire agency on the reversal of an important ocean current has sparked alarm online.

A massive and surprising change is unfolding around Antarctica. Scientists have discovered that the Southern Ocean is getting ...

A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning ...

A frozen river system lost to time may hold the key to Earth’s survival — and it's hiding in plain sight under the Antarctic ice sheet.

Ice loss in Antarctica and its impact on the planet—sea level rise, changes to ocean currents and disturbance of wildlife and ...

Learn about the new technique being used to study cracks that have formed on Antarctica's unstable Doomsday Glacier.

The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace.

Traditionally, melting sea ice is expected to freshen ocean surface waters, as freshwater from the ice dilutes the salty sea.

A salty surge in the Southern Ocean is melting Antarctic sea ice from below — and causing dramatic changes scientists didn’t ...

A warming climate doesn't just affect dry land — it affects the ocean, too. For years, Earth's ocean has acted as a heat sink ...

This discovery, driven by data from the European Space Agency's SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) satellite, challenges ...